Meaningful use hardship exemption bill passes in Congress, hospitals have until April to apply Previously, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would only grant such exemptions on a ...

Chief financial officers at hospitals and health systems must track a multitude of difficult financial issues these days, including the repercussions from Meaningful Use and the still-looming ICD-10 ...

Last week, House and Senate leaders introduced a bipartisan bill that would repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula for physician reimbursements and replace it with a payment system designed ...

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medsphere Systems Corporation today congratulated Hoboken University Medical Center (HUMC) on meeting the requirements for Stage One of Meaningful Use and receiving ...

CIOs surveyed (download PDF) last month by the College of Health Information Management Executives, or Chimes, appear cautiously optimistic about their chances to get e-health stimulus funding as part ...

CMS reports 209,000 eligible professionals face a 2 percent payment adjustment in Medicare reimbursement in 2016 for failing to demonstrate meaningful use in 2014. Politico calculates approximately ...

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed “Meaningful Use”, has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

Healthcare information technology and services vendor athenahealth declined to participate in the electronic health records comparison shopping tool launched by the Office of the National Coordinator ...

Eight out of 10 hospital CIOs recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) said they're concerned they will not be able to demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) -- ...